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Marlins in position to pull off sweep of Nationals
Jun 1, 2026; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Miami Marlins left fielder Heriberto Hernandez (13) reacts after hitting a home run against the Washington Nationals during the sixth inning at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Rafael Suanes-Imagn Images The Washington Nationals will try to cool off Miami’s Heriberto Hernandez and salvage the finale of a three-game series when they host the Marlins on Wednesday.
Hernandez hit two of the Marlins’ four home runs in a 7-3 win on Tuesday. It was his first career multi-homer game, and it gave him three long balls in the series.
Joe Mack, Hernandez and Otto Lopez hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in the fifth inning after the Marlins were held hitless through the first four frames.
Washington had won or split six consecutive series since losing two of three May 8-10 in Miami. The Marlins came to Washington with a five-game losing streak but now will go for their second series sweep in two weeks.
The Marlins will send right-hander Max Meyer (5-0, 2.97 ERA) out against left-hander Andrew Alvarez (1-0, 4.02) in the finale.
Meyer is coming off his worst start of the season. After tossing 13 scoreless innings in consecutive wins against the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets, the Mets roughed him up on Friday. Meyer went six innings and gave up six runs (five earned) on six hits in a no-decision.
Meyer lost his only career start against Washington when he permitted five runs in 5 2/3 innings on Sept. 3, 2024.
Alvarez will be making his sixth appearance and first start of the season. He has worked in long and short relief as well as following an opener. Last time out, he went three innings against the San Diego Padres on Friday and gave up three runs on five hits. He threw 74 pitches.
“Just wasn’t as sharp today,” manager Blake Butera said of Alvarez after that contest. “Felt like when he was getting two strikes, it was just foul ball after foul ball. He wasn’t able to get the swing and miss with two strikes.”
Alvarez won his lone career start against the Marlins, when he tossed five shutout innings of one-hit ball in his major league debut on Sept. 1, 2025.
The teams’ Tuesday night game was quiet until the fifth inning, when a walk was followed by three consecutive Miami home runs. Mack started things off with his first big-league long ball.
“For Joe Mack to get his first career homer in a big spot like that — good for him, and certainly for us,” manager Clayton McCullough said. “And (for) Bert and Otto to follow up right away, it’s certainly a big boost.”
Lopez finished 2-for-5, and he leads the majors with 80 hits. Hernandez has hit safely in six of his past seven games, amassing four homers and 10 RBIs in that span.
Nationals pitcher Miles Mikolas had been steadily lowering his ERA after a poor start to the season, but he gave up six runs on six hits, including the back-to-back-to-back bombs, in six-plus innings.
“When I can keep the ball down, I’m really successful,” he said. “Once I start to float up to that thigh, belt area with those fastballs, big-league hitters are going to hit that.”
CJ Abrams singled and scored in the seventh inning for Washington, and he has reached safely in 21 of his past 22 games. He is batting .304 (24-for-79) with seven doubles, a triple, three homers, nine walks, 15 runs and 11 RBIs during that stretch.
The Nationals went 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position on Tuesday, including 0-for-5 with a runner on third base in the seventh and eighth innings.
–Field Level Media
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A’ja Wilson scores 25 points to carry Aces past Sparks
Jun 2, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson (22) is defended by Los Angeles Sparks forward Nneka Ogwumike (30) as she drives to the basket during the first half at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images A’ja Wilson scored 25 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, Jackie Young added 16 points and nine assists and the visiting Las Vegas Aces opened their Commissioner’s Cup schedule with a 79-69 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Tuesday.
Chelsea Gray scored 12 points while handing out 11 assists for the Aces (6-3), who have won consecutive games following a two-game losing streak that started with a home loss to the Sparks.
The Aces are one of three teams to have reached the Commissioner’s Cup final twice in the first five seasons of the tournament, winning it all in 2022. This season’s final is scheduled for June 30.
Rae Burrell scored a career-high 22 points and Nneka Ogwumike added 12 points with 12 rebounds as the Sparks (4-5) dropped to 1-2 without guard Kelsey Plum, who sprained her right ankle in practice last week. Plum, who leads Los Angeles with an average of 26.8 points per game, played for Las Vegas from 2018-24.
The Aces shot 44.9% from the floor, while the Sparks shot a season-low 30.8%.
The Aces took a 14-10 lead after one quarter by holding the Sparks to 23.1% shooting from the floor. Las Vegas grabbed a 31-16 lead with 6:05 remaining in the first half after a 3-pointer from Young, before the Sparks pulled within 35-30 with 1:35 left before halftime.
The Aces led 37-30 at the break by holding the Sparks to 29.0% from the floor, while getting 13 points and eight rebounds from Wilson.
Los Angeles was within 43-38 with 7:25 remaining in the third quarter before Las Vegas went on a 14-4 run to take a 57-42 lead with 2:38 left in the period. The Aces entered the fourth quarter with a 64-51 advantage.
Las Vegas led 71-56 with 5:16 remaining before Los Angeles went on an 8-0 run to pull within 71-64 with 2:48 remaining after a three-point play from Burrell. The Aces halted the run on a three-point play from Wilson with 1:40 remaining.
Burrell had to be helped off the floor after the final buzzer with an apparent right ankle injury.
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Rockies build 8-run lead, secure series win over Angels
Jun 2, 2026; Anaheim, California, USA; Colorado Rockies second baseman Willi Castro (3) hits a three run home run against the Los Angeles Angels during the fourth inning at Angel Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images Hunter Goodman, Willi Castro and T. J. Rumfield homered to help the Colorado Rockies to an 8-2 win against the Los Angeles Angels in the middle game of their three-game series on Tuesday night in Anaheim, Calif.
Jake McCarthy, Troy Johnston and Edouard Julien each contributed two hits and scored a run for the Rockies, who have won four of five, including a 9-8 victory in the series opener on Monday. The series wraps up on Wednesday.
Rockies right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano (5-4) allowed two runs and five hits over five innings, striking out five and walking two.
Blas Castano, TJ Shook and Juan Mejia combined for four innings of two-hit shutout relief for Colorado.
Angels starter Grayson Rodriguez (2-2) was tagged for eight runs and eight hits in 3 2/3 innings. The right-hander struck out three and walked three.
Wade Meckler had two doubles and two RBIs for the Angels, who have lost four of five.
Goodman hit the first pitch of the second inning into the seats in the left field corner for a 1-0 lead.
Johnston followed with a double down the right field line and he continued to third when Jo Adell’s relay throw was errant. Ezequiel Tovar then flied out to Adell in right to score Johnston for a 2-0 lead.
After back-to-back walks, the runners moved up on a groundout and one scored on a single to right by Julien to make it 3-0.
Colorado blew the game open by scoring five runs with two outs in the fourth.
After two straight singles, McCarthy went the other way with a third, driving in Kyle Karros from second base for a 4-0 lead.
Castro then belted a 433-foot home run to right field on a full-count fastball to extend the lead to 7-0.
Rumfield followed with a high fly to deep right that nicked off the glove of Adell on the warning track, bounced off his head and carried over the yellow line on the wall. Rumfield initially stopped at second base before the umpires confirmed it was a home run, extending the lead to 8-0 and ending the night for Rodriguez.
The Angels put a runner in scoring position in four of the first five innings, but couldn’t capitalize until the fifth, when Meckler delivered a two-out double to right-center field that scored two runs and cut the lead to 8-2.
Sam Aldegheri blanked the Rockies on four hits over the final 5 1/3 innings.
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Shohei Ohtani plays key role in Dodgers' win over D-backs
Jun 2, 2026; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman hits a two run home run in the first inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Shohei Ohtani doubled, tripled, drove in two and scored twice, Freddie Freeman hit a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers held on to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 in Phoenix on Tuesday.
Freeman had three hits and Dalton Rushing added two hits and two runs for the Dodgers, who led 4-0 after two innings and 6-2 entering the bottom of the seventh.
Ohtani has reached base in 18 consecutive games, during which he is hitting .420 (29-for-69) with seven doubles, four homers, 17 RBIs and 10 multi-hit games.
Corbin Carroll had two hits including a homer and Nolan Arenado had a two-run double in a three-run seventh off Kyle Hurt as the D-backs closed the deficit to 6-5.
Will Klein got Tommy Troy to ground out with the bases loaded to end the seventh and preserve a one-run lead, and he induced Arenado to hit into a double play after Carroll and Gabriel Moreno had one-out singles in the eighth.
Tanner Scott pitched around Ildemaro Vargas’ one-out single in the ninth for his sixth save in seven chances.
The Dodgers have won 12 of 16. The Diamondbacks have lost four of five.
In 20 games at Chase Field, Ohtani is hitting .351 with seven doubles, two triples, five homers and 15 RBIs.
Arizona starter Michael Soroka (7-3) gave up four runs and six hits in six innings, with six strikeouts and one walk. He has given up more than two runs in just three of his 12 starts.
Ohtani doubled and scored on Freeman’s homer in the first off Soroka. Ohtani tripled in two runs in the second for a 4-0 lead.
Ketel Marte’s sacrifice fly after singles by Jorge Barrosa and Tommy Troy closed the deficit to 4-2 in the fifth.
Los Angeles starter Eric Lauer gave up two runs on five hits in 4 2/3 innings, leaving after striking out Carroll with a runner on second in the fifth. He struck out one and walked one.
Blake Treinen (2-1) entered and after a walk got Arenado to fly out to preserve the 4-2 lead.
Andy Pages and Mookie Betts each drove in a run in the seventh to boost the Dodgers’ lead to 6-2.
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